Use of the mixture of a salt and sugar in the manufacture of a medicament employed for treating lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in an mammal

ABSTRACT

The use of the mixture of a salt and sugar in the manufacture of a medicament employed for treating lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in a mammal. Various tests, vaginal smooth muscle contractility test using New Zealand White Rabbit; (Experimental example 1); the effect on the vagina contractility in volunteers by using perinometer (Experimental example 2); and the effect on the colpoxerosis disease in volunteers (Experimental example 3), showed improving effect on the contractility of vagina tissue and colpoxerosis disease. Accordingly, the combination can be useful in treating or preventing lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a use of the mixture of a salt andsugar in the manufacture of a medicament employed for treating laxvagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in a mammal.

Background Art

Lax vagina syndrome is designated as the vaginal syndrome characterizedthat the muscle located in vaginal cavity and vaginal opening area areloosened, the secretion of vaginal mucus is reduced and vaginal fasciais relaxed, and it frequently occurs after aging and childbirth, whichmay causes to the disadvantageous effect on rectum, uterus and bladderetc and it may exacerbate to occur serious problems, for example, fecalleakage, premature birth, stillbirth etc.

The representative phenomena of the disease are as follows: (1) the windsound during sexual intercourse, (2) reduced frequency of orgasmfeeling, (3) reduced sexual excitement caused by loosened vaginal muscleetc, which may be solved by various non-surgical therapy such as Kegelexercise well known as the pelvic muscle strengthening exercise toenforce pelvic muscle or surgical operation such as vaginal wall plasticoperation for curing such worries but even if removing the loosenedmuscle with surgical operation, the muscle is not strengthened and havelimited satisfaction.

The vaginal mucus of woman is increased during sexually exciting periodas follows: the volume of blood flow is increased to vaginal tunic andthereby blood plasma is exuded from submucus capillary blood vessel.Colpoxerosis occurs by the reduced level of estrogen hormone before orafter menopause and is characterized with the little secretion ofvaginal fluid and reduced leukorrhea in spite of sexually excitedperiod, which gives rise to various problems in conjugal sexual life,for example, vaginitis, vulvar or vaginal itching, dyspareunia,vaginismus postcoital spotting, dysuria, hematturia, severe pain causedby uterine contraction during or after orgasm, lower abdominal pain, thefrequent occurrence of dysmenorrhea, vaginitidis, etc.

There have been still needed to develop effective therapies to treat laxvagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease, effectively and safely tillnow.

Accordingly, there has been needed to develop novel therapeuticcomposition showing long-term treating activity with safety to treat laxvagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease.

However, there has been not reported or disclosed on the therapeuticeffect for lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease of thecombination of salt and sugar in any of the above cited literatures, thedisclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.

To investigate an inhibitory effect of the combination of salt and sugaron lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease, the inventors of thepresent invention have carried out various experiments, for example,vaginal smooth muscle contractility test using by New Zealand WhiteRabbit; (Experimental example 1); the effect on the vagina contractilityin volunteers by using perinometer (Experimental example 2); and theeffect on the colpoxerosis disease in volunteers (Experimental example3) and finally completed present invention by confirming that thecombination showed improving effect on the contractility of vaginatissue and colpoxerosis disease in the test.

These and other objects of the present invention will become apparentfrom the detailed disclosure of the present invention providedhereinafter.

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

The present invention relates to a skin external composition comprisinga salt and sugar as active ingredients for preventing and treating laxvagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease and the use thereof.

The present invention relates to a use of the mixture of a salt andsugar in the manufacture of a medicament employed for treating laxvagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in a mammal.

Technical Solution

Accordingly, it is another object of the present invention to provide anexternal composition comprising a combination of salt and sugar as anactive ingredient in an amount effective to treat or prevent lax vaginasyndrome or colpoxerosis disease, together with a pharmaceuticallyacceptable carrier.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a use of acombination of salt and sugar in the manufacture of a medicamentemployed for treating or preventing lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosisdisease in a mammal.

It is the other object of the present invention to provide a method oftreating or preventing lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in amammal wherein method comprises administering to said mammal aneffective amount of a combination of salt and sugar, together with apharmaceutically acceptable carrier thereof.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the present inventionprovides an external composition comprising a combination of salt andsugar as an active ingredient in an amount effective to treat or preventlax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease, together with apharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Additionally, the present invention provides a use of a combination ofsalt and sugar in the manufacture of a medicament employed for treatingor preventing lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in a mammal.

Additionally, the present invention provides a method of treating orpreventing lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in a mammalwherein method comprises administering to said mammal an effectiveamount of a combination of salt and sugar together with apharmaceutically acceptable carrier thereof.

The term, “salt' defined herein comprise a processed salt such as meltedsalt or an un-refined salt such as sea salt, rock-salt etc, preferably,a refined salt such as sodium chloride or melted salt such as bamboosalt, more preferably, a melted salt prepared by melting a un-refinedsalt at the temperature ranging from 200 to 2000° C., preferably, from800 to 1200° C., for the period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days,preferably, 12 hours to 48 hours.

The term, “sugar' defined herein comprise a saccharide compound,preferably, mono-saccharides such as glucose, fructose, mannose,galactose, etc or disaccharides such as lactose, maltose, sugar, etc,more preferably, glucose, more preferably, crystalline glucose.

The term, “a combination of salt and sugar' defined herein comprise acombination of salt and sugar mixed ratio of 1:1-30 (w/w), preferably,1:1-10 (w/w), more preferably, 1:1-5 (w/w), most preferably, 1:1-3(w/w).

The composition of the present invention may further contain the otherantibiotics, dye, flavor etc in the amount of about 0.1-20% by weight ofthe above composition based on the total weight of the composition.

Hereinafter, the present invention is described in detail.

An inventive composition comprising the combination of salt and sugarcan be prepared in detail by following procedures,

For example, the inventive cleansing combination of the presentinvention can be prepared by follows; an un-refined salt such as seasalt, rock-salt etc is melted at the temperature ranging from 200 to2000° C., preferably, from 800 to 1200° C., for the period ranging from2 hours to 7 days, preferably, 12 hours to 48 hours to obtain the meltedsalt at the 1^(st) step; the melted salt is mixed with sugar compound,preferably, mono-saccharides such as glucose, fructose, mannose,galactose, etc or disaccharides such as lactose, maltose, sugar, etc,more preferably, glucose, more preferably, crystalline glucose withmixed ratio of 1:1-30 (w/w), preferably, 1:1-10 (w/w), more preferably,1:1-5 (w/w), most preferably, 1:1-3 (w/w) to obtain inventivecombination; and the combination is dissolved in an appropriate amountof distilled water, buffer, or isotonic solution, if necessary, with anappropriate amount of the other additives such as the other antibiotics,dye, flavor etc to obtain the inventive cleansing composition.

Accordingly, in an another embodiment of the present invention, thepresent invention provides a method for preparing the inventivecleansing combination comprising the step: of a processed salt such asmelted salt or an un-refined salt such as sea salt, rock-salt etc at thetemperature ranging from 200 to 2000° C., preferably, from 800 to 1200°C., for the period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days, preferably, 12 hoursto 48 hours to obtain the melted salt at the 1^(st) step; mixing themelted salt with sugar compound, preferably, mono-saccharides such asglucose, fructose, mannose, galactose, etc or disaccharides such aslactose, maltose, sugar, etc, more preferably, glucose, more preferably,crystalline glucose with mixed ratio of 1:1-30 (w/w), preferably, 1:1-10(w/w), more preferably, 1:1-5 (w/w), most preferably, 1:1-3 (w/w) toobtain inventive combination; and dissolving the combination in anappropriate amount of distilled water, buffer, or isotonic solution, ifnecessary, with an appropriate amount of the other additives such as theother antibiotics, dye, flavor etc to obtain the inventive cleansingcomposition.

It have been proved that the inventive composition comprising acombination of salt and sugar prepared by the above-described methodshowed potent improving effect on the contractility of vagina tissue andcolpoxerosis disease through various experiments, for example, vaginalsmooth muscle contractility test using by New Zealand White Rabbit;(Experimental example 1); the effect on the vagina contractility involunteers by using perinometer (Experimental example 2); and the effecton the colpoxerosis disease in volunteers (Experimental example 3).

Accordingly, inventive skin external composition comprising acombination of salt and sugar prepared by the above-described method fortreating or preventing lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease,together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Additionally, the present invention provides a use of a combination ofsalt and sugar prepared by the above-described method in the manufactureof a medicament employed for treating or preventing lax vagina syndromeor colpoxerosis disease in a mammal.

Additionally, the present invention provides a method of treating orpreventing lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in a mammalwherein method comprises administering to said mammal an effectiveamount of a combination of salt and sugar prepared by theabove-described method, together with a pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier thereof.

The term “prevent” defined herein means the inhibition of such thosediseases in a mammal which is prone to be caught by those disease andthe term “treat” used herein means (a) the inhibition of the developmentof disease or illness; (b) the alleviation of disease or illness; or (c)the elimination of disease or illness.

The inventive composition may additionally comprise conventionalcarrier, adjuvants or diluents in accordance with a using method. It ispreferable that said carrier is used as appropriate substance accordingto the usage and application method, but it is not limited. Appropriatediluents are listed in the written text of Remington's PharmaceuticalScience (Mack Publishing co, Easton Pa.).

Hereinafter, the following formulation methods and excipients are merelyexemplary and in no way limit the invention.

The composition according to the present invention can be provided as aninventive skin external composition containing pharmaceuticallyacceptable carriers, adjuvants or diluents, e.g., lactose, dextrose,sucrose, sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, erythritol, maltitol, starches,acacia rubber, alginate, gelatin, calcium phosphate, calcium silicate,cellulose, methyl cellulose, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, water, methylhydroxybenzoate, propylhydroxy benzoate, talc, magnesium stearate and mineraloil. The formulations may additionally include fillers,anti-agglutinating agents, lubricating agents, wetting agents, flavoringagents, emulsifiers, preservatives and the like. The compositions of thepresent invention may be formulated so as to provide quick, sustained ordelayed release of the active ingredient after their administration to apatient by employing any of the procedures well known in the art.

For example, the compositions of the present invention can be dissolvedin distilled water, pH buffer, oils, propylene glycol or other solventsthat are commonly used in the art. Suitable examples of the carriersinclude physiological saline, polyethylene glycol, ethanol, vegetableoils, isopropyl myristate, etc., but are not limited to them. Fortopical administration, the compounds of the present invention can beformulated in the form of ointments and creams.

The inventive skin external composition of the present invention may beprepared in any form, for example, topical preparation such as cleansingliquid, gel, jelly, foam, cream, ointment, lotion, balm, patch, paste,spray solution, aerosol and the like, or insert preparation such asvaginal tablet, vaginal capsule, vaginal film, vaginal sponge, tampon,pad etc, preferably, vaginal tablet composition or cleansing liquidcomposition.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a cleansing liquid solutionor vaginal tablet composition comprising a combination of salt and sugarfor treating or preventing colpoxerosis, together with apharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

The composition of the present invention in pharmaceutical dosage formsmay be used in the form of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, andalso may be used alone or in appropriate association, as well as incombination with other pharmaceutically active compounds such asantibacterial compounds or extract derived from plant, animal or mineralwell-known in the art.

The desirable dose of the inventive extract of the present inventionvaries depending on the condition and the weight of the subject,severity, drug form, route and period of administration, and may bechosen by those skilled in the art. However, in order to obtaindesirable effects, it is generally recommended to administer at theamount ranging 0.001-1000 mg/kg, preferably, 0.01 to 100 mg/kg byweight/day of the combination of the present invention. The dose may beadministered in single or divided into several times per day. In termsof composition, the inventive combination should be present between 0.01to 99.99% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 99%, more preferably, 1 to 20%,most preferably, 5 to 10% by weight based on the total weight of thecomposition.

The composition of present invention can be administered to a subjectanimal such as mammals (rat, mouse, domestic animals or human) viavarious routes. All modes of administration are contemplated, forexample, administration can be made externally, topically, orally,rectally or by intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intracutaneous,intrathecal, epidural or intracerebroventricular injection, preferably,externally or topically.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made in the compositions, use andpreparations of the present invention without departing from the spiritor scope of the invention.

Advantageous Effects

As described in the present invention, through various tests, forexample, vaginal smooth muscle contractility test using by New ZealandWhite Rabbit; (Experimental example 1); the effect on the vaginacontractility in volunteers by using perinometer (Experimental example2); and the effect on the colpoxerosis disease in volunteers(Experimental example 3), the inventive combination showed improvingeffect on the contractility of vagina tissue and colpoxerosis disease.Accordingly, the inventive combination can be useful in treating orpreventing lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease.

BEST MODE

The above and other objects, features and other advantages of thepresent invention will more clearly understood from the followingdetailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which;

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the comparisons of each resting tension between ring typeand strip type vaginal tissue;

FIG. 2 shows the intensity of contractility in response to the additionof K+ Krebs in ring type and strip type vaginal tissue.

FIG. 3 shows the intensity of contractility according to the dose oftest samples.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made in the compositions, use andpreparations of the present invention without departing from the spiritor scope of the invention.

The present invention is more specifically explained by the followingexamples. However, it should be understood that the present invention isnot limited to these examples in any manner.

EXAMPLES

The following Reference Example, Examples and Experimental Examples areintended to further illustrate the present invention without limitingits scope.

Example 1 Preparation of an Inventive Combination

1-1. Preparation of Processed Salt

900 mg of sea salt (Shinan, Korea, www.nhshinansalt.com) was melted for24 hours at 850-1000° C. using by heater (MS-E104, TOPS Co. Ltd.) toobtain 400 mg of the processed salt.

1-2. Preparation of Refined Salt

400 mg of refined salt (NaCl, F.W. 58.44) was procured from theconventionally available company (SPPO-91701, Duksan company,www.duksan.co.kr).

1-3. Preparation of Glucose

800 mg of glucose (crystalline glucose) was procured from theconventionally available company (Samyang Genex Corp., www.genex.co.kr).

1-4. Preparation of Combination (1)

400 mg of the processed salt and 800 mg of glucose prepared in the abovesteps, were thoroughly mixed together to obtain 1200 mg of the inventivecombination (designated as “SG1” hereinafter).

1-5. Preparation of Combination (2)

400 mg of the refined salt and 800 mg of glucose prepared in the abovesteps, were thoroughly mixed together to obtain 1200 mg of the inventivecombination (designated as “SG4” hereinafter).

The combinations were kept at −75° C. in refrigerator and used infollowing experiments by dissolving in distilled water before use.

Example 2 Preparation of Inventive Vaginal Tablet Composition (SG2)

The combination prepared in Example 1 comprising 400 mg of processedsalt and 800 mg of glucose was mixed with 2 mg of magnesium stearate inorder to formulating into inventive vaginal tablet compositioncombination (designated as “SG2” hereinafter) using by entabletingapparatus (KT2000, Kumsungkigong).

Example 3 Preparation of Inventive Vaginal Tablet Composition (SG5)

The combination prepared in Example 1 comprising 400 mg of refined saltand 800 mg of glucose was mixed with 2 mg of magnesium stearate in orderto formulating into inventive vaginal tablet composition combination(designated as “SG5” hereinafter) using by entableting apparatus(KT2000, Kumsungkigong).

Example 4 Preparation of Inventive Vaginal Cleansing SolutionComposition

The vaginal cleansing solution composition comprising the combinationprepared in Example 1 (SG4) comprising 400 mg of refined salt and 800 mgof glucose was prepared by mixing together with following ingredients asshown in Table 1 (designated as “SG3” hereinafter) for 48 hours withstirring.

TABLE 1 SG3 solution (100 ml) Ingredient Amount SG4 0.5 g Lactic acid 1g adjuvant Whey 180 mg Ethanol 1 g Preservatives (benzalkonimum HCl andTrace amount menthol) Distilled water Appropriate amount to adjusted to100 ml

Experimental Example 1 Vaginal Smooth Muscle Contractility Test

To test the effect of inventive combination (SG3) prepared in Example onthe vaginal smooth muscle contractility in New Zealand white rabbit, wasperformed by using organ bath according to the procedure disclosed inthe literature (S-J Oh, et al., (2003), Histological and functionalaspects of different regions of the rabbit vagina, International Journalof impotence research, 15, pp 142-150; N. N. Kim et al., (2004), Effectsof ovariectomy and steroid hormones on vaginal smooth musclecontractility, International Journal of Impotence Research, 16, pp43-50; A. Giraldi et al., (2001), Joint Award Winning Paper D JeanFrancois Ginestie Prize Effects of diabetes on neurotransmission in ratvaginal smooth muscle, International Journal of impotence Research, 13,pp 58-66).

1-1. Preliminary Test

Prior to principal test, a preliminary test in order to determining thetype of test was performed after delivering rabbit vagina inconsideration with the previous literatures.

Through the preliminary test, it has been confirmed that the vaginalsmooth muscle contractility in response to the addition of K+ (80mM)-Krebs solution in the form of strip type rabbit vagina, showedstronger than that in the form of ring type rabbit vagina and moreover,the vaginal smooth muscle contractility according to the increasedvolume of phenylephrine in the form of strip type rabbit vagina, alsoshowed stronger than that in the form of ring type rabbit vagina.

At the result, it has been confirmed that the strip type rabbit vaginais more suitable to test the experiment rather than ring type rabbitvagina.

1-2. Experimental Animal

10 rabbits (New Zealand White Rabbit, Saeron Bio Inc., Korea, about2.5-3.0 kg, 1 week aged) had been acclimated with the environment for 3days with checking their health condition and used in the experiment.

All the rabbits were marked with red oil-based pen during theacclimation period (to left ear auricle) and with black oil-based penduring test period (to right ear auricle). The breeding cages weremarked with individual identification cards recording test number, testsubject, test period and animal number etc.

The testing animal had been bred and test was performed in the animalbreeding room of KAMSI (Korea Animal Medical Science Institute, Korea)under the condition maintaining the temperature (23±3° C.), relativehumidity (55±15%), ventilation number (10-20 times/hr), light cycle(light on at 08:00 and light off at 20:00) and illumination intensity(150-300 Lux). The breeding condition was constantly and periodicallychecked. The animal had been freely accessible to feed (KSN140203,Cargill Adri Purina Inc., Korea) and sterilized water. The animals hadbeen bred in stainless steel breeding box (W 405×L 605×H 365 mm) at 1rabbit per cage during acclimation, quarantine, administration andobservation period.

1-3. Sample Treatment (Organ Bath Method)

The inventive composition was administrated into the rabbit vaginaltissue according to the organ bath method disclosed in the literature asfollows:

The strip (1.5 mm×10 mm) of rabbit vagina surrounded with muscle ofwhich mucose membrane had been removed, was dipped into Krebs solution(119 mM NaCl, 4.7 mM KCl, 1.1 mM MgSO₄, 1.2 mM KH₂PO4, 1.5 mM CaCl₂, 25mM NaHCO₃, 10 mM D-glucose, G1009, Biosesang Corp. Korea) saturated withmixture gas (95% O₂ and 5% CO₂ gas) at 37° C. The end of trip was fixedand the other end was connected to transducer (model FT03; Grassinstruments, Quincy, Mass., USA) to record the isometric tension of thestrip with grass physiograph (AD instruments, USA) in 20 mL of chamber(FT03, GRASS Technologies).

1-4. Procedure

Through various preliminary test with different conditions, followingprocedure was established. After stabilizing the strip of rabbit vaginawith resting tension of 1.2 g for 30-60 mins in Krebs solution, thestrip was contracted twice for 15 mins in K+ Krebs solution (43.7 mMNaCl, 80 mM KCl, 11 mM MgSO₄, 1.2 mM KH₂PO4, 1.5 mM CaCl₂, 18 mM NaHCO₃,10 mM D-glucose, Biosesang Corp. Korea), washed with the solution threetimes to be stabilized and the comparative test for determining itscontractility was performed.

The intensity of vagina contractility was determined by comparing thecontractility caused by K+ Krebs solution per tissue weight and theintensity of vagina contractility in a dose dependent manner wasexpressed by setting each intensity of K+ contractility to 100%.

1-5. Determination of Resting Tension

Two kinds of rabbit vagina, i.e., ring type (3 mm) and strip type (1.5mm×10 mm) were prepared and the resting tension of the vagina was chosenwhere the vagina was most stable and the contractility response againstthe addition of K+ Krebs solution after the stabilization had shown mostapparently.

As can be seen in FIG. 1 and Table 2, the contractility of ring type was0.51 g in K+ Krebs solution when its resting tension was set to 2.0 gwhereas it was increased to 0.54 g when its resting tension was set to1.5 g. Accordingly, the testing tension of ring type was determined to1.5 g considering the above test result and the stability of vaginatissue.

The contractility of strip type was 0.31 g in K+ Krebs solution andsevere convulsion happened when its resting tension was set to 2.0 gwhereas it was increased to 0.42 g when its resting tension was set to1.2 g. Accordingly, the testing tension of strip type was determined to1.2 g considering the above test result and the stability of vaginatissue.

TABLE 2 Resting tension in ring type and strip type vagina tissue Ringtype strip type (tension unit: g) (tension unit: g) Resting tension 1.972.12 K+ Krebs 2.48 2.43 Tension difference 0.51 0.31 Resting tension1.52 1.24 K+ Krebs 2.06 1.66 Tension difference 0.54 0.42

1-6. Test Result

At the result, it has been confirmed that the strip type vagina tissuewas chosen to use in the experiment since it showed the strongercontractility response against K+ (80 mM)-Krebs than the strip typevagina tissue (See FIG. 2).

It has been confirmed that the contractility intensity in the test grouptreated with inventive composition (30-300 mg/ml) has been increased ina dose dependent manner compared with control group which was nottreated with test sample (*p<0.05 vs. control, See FIG. 3)

Accordingly, it has been confirmed that the invention composition showedpotent improving effect on the contractility of vagina tissue at 30-300mg/ml (P<0.001).

TABLE 3 Contractility according to increased dose of test sample dose(mg/ml) sample N Mean SEM 1 SG3 10 −0.815 0.716 control 6 −0.178 0.398 3SG3 10 −1.947 0.940 control 6 −0.622 0.428 10 SG3 10 −1.153 0.425control 6 −0.813 0.451 30 SG3 10 16.173 2.708 control 6 −0.140 0.441 100SG3 10 31.226 7.015 control 6 −0.647 0.360 300 SG3 10 25.836 4.125control 6 −0.898 0.374

Experimental Example 1 Brief Clinical Test (1)

The vaginal tablet composition (SG2) prepared in Example wasadministrated intra-vaginally once a day for 5 days to 100 volunteersconsisting of 35 patients suffering from lax vagina syndrome, and 65normal women ranging from 20 to 50 years who live in Korea and theeffect on the vagina contractility of inventive composition was surveyedand determined by using perinometer (peritro9300, Laborie MedicalTechnologies Canada ULC).

The perinometer (peritro9300, Laborie Medical Technologies Canada ULC)for determining a vaginal pressure has a different size varied with adifferent pressure, i.e., at 0 cm H₂O: length 8 cm and diameter 26 mm;at 100 cm H₂O, length 8 cm and diameter 30.5 mm. The apparatussurrounded with condom was inserted into the volunteer's vagina to theextent that the tip of apparatus had reached to 7 cm depth of vagina.The volunteer' body was to be relaxed by spreading her legs and relaxingvaginal muscle. After turning on the apparatus, the measures have zeroedin on precisely and probe was inflated by inserting air to the extentthat the value had reached to 100 cm H₂O. The measures have zeroed againin on precisely and the vagina of volunteer being cautious with notmoving waist or pelvis, has been forced to be strongly constricted andlasted for 5 seconds to determine the contractility of vagina muscle.The volunteers were allowed to have a rest for at least 1 min afterrepetitive determination and the mean value of the contractility wascalculated by determining three times for 1 volunteer.

At the result, it has been confirmed that the internal pressure ofvaginal muscle treated with inventive composition was remarkedlyincreased to about 38% (after 3 days) and about 52% (after 5 days) ascan be seen in Table 4.

TABLE 4 result of vaginal contractility (unit: cmH₂0) Before 3 daysafter the 5 days after the treatment treatment treatment Mean 42.7258.96 64.98 standard deviation ±12.58 ±13.25 ±13.91

Experimental Example 2 Brief Clinical Test (2)

The vaginal insertion tablet composition (SG5) prepared in Example wasadministrated externally twice a day for 3 days to 100 volunteersconsisting of 35 patients suffering from colpoxerosis disease, and 65normal women ranging from 20 to 50 years who live in Korea and theeffect on the vaginal dryness (A) before and (B) after the treatmentwith inventive composition was determined. The survey result wascategorized into 5 grades according the vaginal dryness after thetreatment, i.e., (1) the amount of leukorrhea was much reduced, (2) theamount of leukorrhea was little reduced, (3) the amount of leukorrheawas not changed, (4) the amount of leukorrhea was little increased, (2)the amount of leukorrhea was much increased.

At the result, it has been confirmed that the amount of leukorrhea wasincreased in more than 83% volunteers after the treatment of inventivecomposition.

Accordingly, it has been confirmed that the inventive composition isuseful in treating colpoxerosis disease, as can be seen in Table 5.

TABLE 5 test result on colpoxerosis disease grade (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Number of 3 4 10 64 19 volunteers

Accordingly, it has been proved that the inventive composition can beuseful in treating lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease.

The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same maybe varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as adeparture from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and allsuch modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art areintended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention relates to a use of the mixture of a salt andsugar in the manufacture of a medicament employed for treating laxvagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in a mammal. As described in thepresent invention, through various tests, for example, vaginal smoothmuscle contractility test using by New Zealand White Rabbit;(Experimental example 1); the effect on the vagina contractility involunteers by using perinometer (Experimental example 2); and the effecton the colpoxerosis disease in volunteers (Experimental example 3), theinventive combination showed improving effect on the contractility ofvagina tissue and colpoxerosis disease. Accordingly, the inventivecombination can be useful in treating or preventing lax vagina syndromeor colpoxerosis disease.

1-10. (canceled)
 11. A method of treating lax vagina syndrome orcolpoxerosis disease in a mammal, comprising the steps of: administeringto a mammal an effective amount of a combination of: a salt selectedfrom the group consisting of a refined salt and an un-refined salt, anda mono-saccharide selected from the group consisting of glucose,fructose, mannose, and galactose; together with a pharmaceuticallyacceptable carrier thereof, wherein the combination of the salt and themono-saccharide is mixed at a salt:sugar ratio ranging from 1:1 to 1:10(w/w).
 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the combination is containedin a composition selected from the group consisting of cleansing liquid,gel, jelly, foam, cream, ointment, lotion, balm, patch, paste, spraysolution, aerosol, vaginal tablet, vaginal capsule, vaginal film,vaginal sponge, tampon, and pad.
 13. The method of 12, wherein thecomposition is a cleansing liquid.
 14. The method of 12, wherein thecomposition is a vaginal tablet.